<div dir="ltr">Thanks Deborah, guess I'll go with it. I'm struck by how the same folded plate can be counted as one or two leaves depending on how it is attached.<div>- Noah</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 6:20 PM Deborah J. Leslie <<a href="mailto:DJLeslie@folger.edu">DJLeslie@folger.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">I think your suggestion of "[11] leaves of plates (3 folded)" is as good as any, especially since you're adding a note describing the nature of the plates. If it were
me, I'd err on the side of giving a fuller description in the note instead of going for concision.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">BTW, I love these high-res images, where you can see the bite of the impression on the paper. (This is as close as I get these days to a hand-press book.) <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(94,50,124)">| Opinions her own</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 17, 2021 16:07<br>
<b>To:</b> DCRM Users' Group <<a href="mailto:dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu" target="_blank">dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DCRM-L] Folded plates<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dcrm:b instructions say "Count a plate folded and bound at the inner margin as two leaves<br>
of plates." I'm cataloging a book containing six plates, numbered I-VI. All but one are folded and bound at the inner margin, so that makes [11] leaves of plates (and I would explain the numbering in a note). So far so good. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">But where I get flummoxed is that the first of those folded-and-bound-at-the-middle plates also folds out along its bottom edge (picture a large sheet folded in quarters). Is this then [2] folded leaves of plates? The final leaf of plates
is also a fold-out, but as it is attached at its left margin it does not present a problem. There would seem to be, then, 3 folded leaves.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Following the rules as literally as I can, I suppose I should say "[11] leaves of plates (3 folded)".<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Would you agree? It seems to me to be one of those things that's technically correct and yet misleading. I expect most non-specialists would describe the book as having 6 plates (2 folded).<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The book is on <a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/dbyECM8K3XtQ3gmhwHN3G?domain=babel.hathitrust.org" target="_blank">Hathi</a> and Google books but you can't really see how the plates are folded so it may not be very useful for
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your help.<u></u><u></u></p>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="georgia, serif" color="#444444">Noah Sheola</font><div><font size="2" face="georgia, serif" color="#444444">Senior Special Collections <span style="background-color:rgb(250,250,250);white-space:nowrap">Cataloging Librarian</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="georgia, serif" color="#444444"><span style="background-color:rgb(250,250,250);white-space:nowrap">John J. Burns Library</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="georgia, serif" color="#444444"><span style="background-color:rgb(250,250,250);white-space:nowrap">Boston College</span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>